Senior Business Development Director (San Francisco)

Location:

US - California (CA)

Job Code:

784

# of openings:

1

Description

Our client is a long established industry leader in the provision of the high growth localization/translation and language services. With substantial US business already ($xx mill pa) with many corporate clients, covering over 60 languages, they are ready for substantial further growth in the US. Founded in China more than 20 years ago, their unique business model is set up to beat their competitors on price, quality and customer satisfaction.

Having set up a US HQ in Chicago already, they are looking for senior localisation business development talent to spearhead growth and recruit locally in the San Francisco, Boston and Chicago areas. They are prepared to pay great basic salaries ($100k+ for San Francisco and Boston, $50-70k for Chicago) and commissions. They have marketing in place for the US already. There is additionally scope for appointing one of the senior BDDs as the future General Manager for the US and growing the local operations team.

Responsibilities:

Develop new clients through prospecting, qualifying, and closing sales.

Organize discovery meetings with clients and prospects to understand their challenges, expectations, organizational structure, and other vital information.

Device best-fit solutions to meet client needs and develop further inroads through geographical and business group expansion strategy.

Meet given quota in order to contribute to the revenue target of the US branch.

Manage relationships from all channels to help generate new business opportunities.

Use the information collected during client discovery meetings, collaborate with with production staff to build client profiles, localization roadmap, and support strategies.